World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.